For the water cooler: ‘Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat’ deserves more FAA review; DC Circuit says; Anthony Scaramucci Answers Socratic Questions at HLS; And The Next Law School To Close Down Will Be….; Fed Nominee Ready To Do Small Number On Dodd-Frank; Judge grants inmate his wish for execution warrant; InfiLaw investors let out of students’ fraud lawsuit against Charlotte School of Law; 20 House Republicans seek second special counsel to investigate handling of Clinton email probe; Debt collection law firm pays $1M in restitution to settle state suit; Suit claims Pokémon Go Fest didn’t live up to its billing; Expected retirements likely to increase pressures on overworked government lawyers; Judge halts deportations of Iraqi nationals; ICE says safety threat they pose is ignored & Probate judge accused of slowing docket because of denied pay raise wins class-action appeal.

For the water cooler: Joint Chiefs To Trump: That’s Not How Any Of This Works; Lawyer’s e-discovery error led to release of confidential info on thousands of Wells Fargo clients; Job bias law doesn’t cover sexual orientation, Justice Department tells appeals court; The ‘N-Word’: Is It Offensive Enough That A Single Utterance Creates A Hostile Workplace?; Open-Carry Swords: A Civilized Second Amendment Right; Senate Judiciary Chairman Fires Off Warning Subtweet For Donald Trump About AG Antics; healing response to ‘The Lawyer, the Addict’; Time-share operator’s suit claims Timeshare Exit Team acts as illegal referral service for law firms; Stoel Rives laying off 17 staffers; about half of law firm leaders report staff layoffs; Trump, Sessions reportedly heading to ‘uneasy detente’ after firing of AG is discouraged; No immediate ban on transgender people in the military, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says & Condemned to death—and solitary confinement.

For the water cooler: Rick Perry Pranked by Russian Comedy Duo Posing As Ukraine Prime Minister; Was denial of open-book bar exam for man with memory loss an ADA violation?; Drunken driving on private driveway can violate DWI law, state supreme court rules; New York lawyer accused of calling in bomb threat to avoid sanctions hearing; Circuit Court Nominees In The Trump Administration: The Latest News And Rumor (Part 2); Jeff Sessions Threatens To Make Cities Less Safe If They’re Not More Racist; It Is Not Illegal to Drive With an Axe Embedded in the Roof of Your Car; Trump’s Transgender Ban Is Bait, It’s Not A Reality… Yet; Harvard Professor Has Bone To Pick With Anthony Scaramucci About Constitutional Law; Plaintiffs lawyer donates $7.5M to Duquesne Law for judicial education; Restrictive concealed carry law violates Second Amendment, DC Circuit rules; Trump continues criticizing Sessions; White House is reportedly told the AG won’t resign; Chicago law firm files trademark suit against rival that also uses O’Keefe in its name & Tort suits in state courts are ‘down sharply’ as contract claims grow.

For the water cooler: Fewer in US working remotely, but it’s a popular option at top law firms for women; What’s The Worst Thing That Can Happen On Bar Exam Day?; Insufficient-Burping Defense Fails to Defeat DUI Charge; Lawyers And Bitcoin; Apparently, Millennials Are Also Destroying The Official Means Of Legal Communication; Law school group moves Texas meeting because of bathroom bill, immigration law; Federal judge refuses to bar collection of data by Trump’s voter fraud commission; Jeff Sessions ‘Is Totally Pissed’ At Trump; Trump is said to mull ouster of Sessions; can the AG be replaced through a recess appointment?; Women still make up fewer than 35 percent of lawyers in US law firms, survey says & Lawyer who targeted tobacco companies encourages state suits against drug makers for opioid crisis.

For the water cooler: Can the president be indicted? Memo from Ken Starr’s office says yes; Russian ambassador reportedly said he and Sessions discussed campaign-related issues; Judge offers shorter sentences for offenders who get vasectomies or contraceptive implants; Best Biglaw Firms For Women Who Actually Want To Make Partner; Bipartisan Legislation Introduced To Increase Job Opportunities For Law School Grads; Poland president vetoes bill forcing top justices’ resignations; Trump asserts ‘complete power to pardon’; can he pardon himself?; Legal Research Services Vary Widely in Results, Study Finds; Drug firms knew opiates were being abused on Cherokee reservations but did nothing, lawsuit alleges; Book Review: A beach read for lawyers entitled ‘Beach Lawyer’ & F. Leary Davis, founding dean of two law schools, dies at age 75.

For the water cooler: An Exhaustive List Of What Happens After Trump Pardons Himself; Biglaw Associate Indicted On Felony Charges Over Plot To Extort Partners Pleads Not Guilty; Marc Kasowitz reportedly takes on reduced role amidst Trump defense team shakeup; Preet Bharara’s Twitter Feed Is Fire; O.J. Simpson: “I’ve Spent a Conflict-Free Life”; Parents can lose custody of troubled children despite no finding of fault: California Supreme Court; F. Lee Bailey, Broke And Working Above Hair Salon, Still Thinks O.J. Is Innocent; In its expansion quest, Dentons picks up Scotland’s largest independent law firm; DLA Piper picks up Los Angeles-based boutique firm Liner; Be Ready To Walk Away From Any Settlement; Cafeteria committee comes with the job for Gorsuch; Poland parliament passes law forcing its top justices’ resignations; ABA has voiced concern & From The Career Files: Should You Become A Public Interest Lawyer?

For the water cooler: Ashley Madison Class Accord Raises Question: How Do You Find Claimants Who Don’t Want to Be Found? (Texas Lawyer); Lawyer Rankings: Are They Out Of Control?; Prison Snips Sentences If Inmates Snip… (Yes, We’re Talking About Vasectomies); 20 Attorneys General Take A Stand Against Betsy DeVos; Trump Admits He Would Obstruct Justice If He Only Knew How; Unsealed document describes cozy relationship between Chicago cops and prosecutors; North Dakota judge laments decline in civility, cites ‘Seinfeld’; Trump: I wouldn’t have appointed Sessions if I had known he would recuse in Russia probe; Ask Daliah: Here’s help on tracking your time; Jury selection in Shkreli fraud trial follows trend of favoring the uninformed; Asian-Americans are apparently losing interest in law school; report shows outsize enrollment drop & Standard Of Review: ‘Suits’ Returns, In Need Of A New Premise.

For the water cooler: Alleged judge stalkers made obscene phone calls, sent explicit photos; judges live in fear, cop says; ‘Rogue One’ actress Jones to play Ruth Bader Ginsburg in upcoming movie; BigLaw partner managed to dial in to work conference call before his drug-related death; Federal Appellate Judges — They’re Just Like Us! They Love ‘Game Of Thrones,’ Too!; How Not To Use Your Berkeley Law Degree; Justice Department reinstates forfeiture program that returned seized assets to local police; Supreme Court allows more extended-family exemptions to travel ban; Benchslap Of The Day: Sometimes Less Is More, Counselor; Dean who settled case with Cincinnati Law lands visiting prof spot at Penn State; Ex-House Speaker Hastert leaves prison, must undergo sex-offender treatment & Patent lawsuits drop 21 percent in the Eastern District of Texas as SCOTUS ruling brings new era.

For the water cooler: Man who drove dead neighbor to his lawyer’s office won’t be charged; Disclosure Forms Reveal Biglaw Partner’s Salary, Despicable Clients; Are Donald Trump’s Tweets Self-Authenticating?; Trump Pissed Sessions Conformed To Most Basic Of Legal Ethics; Lululemon lawsuit claims competitor infringes its sports bra design; Lawyer is slain in his home by man who wrongly connected him to 1997 case; The Top Law Schools For Music Law (2017); When a witness confronts the accused: Is a courtroom ID fair?; Former police officer is indicted on murder charge in shooting of unarmed teen; Fugitive lawyer is sentenced in $550M disability scheme; he is spotted in New Mexico; No one is expected to oppose parole for ‘model prisoner’ OJ Simpson & Missing paperwork could wipe out billions in private student loan debt.